maelstrom

英 [ˈmeɪlstrɒm]

美 [ˈmeɪlstrɑːm]

n.  (思想、感情、事态的)混乱，骚乱，动乱; 大旋涡

复数：maelstroms　

GRE

BNC.20136 / COCA.19331

牛津词典

noun

• （思想、感情、事态的）混乱，骚乱，动乱
  a situation full of strong emotions or confusing events, that is hard to control and makes you feel frightened
• 大旋涡
  a very strong current of water that moves in circles

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大动乱;极度混乱状态；混乱不堪
  If you describe a situation as amaelstrom, you mean that it is very confused or violent.
  1. ...the maelstrom of ethnic hatreds and vendetta politics...
     种族仇恨与政治宿怨造成的大动乱
  2. Inside, she was a maelstrom of churning emotions.
     她心中的情感似波涛汹涌，起伏不定。

英英释义

noun

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
  Synonym:whirlpoolvortex

双语例句

• This Hubble Space Telescope view of the central region of the Carina Nebula reveals a violent maelstrom of star birth.
  此次哈勃空间望远镜对船底座星云中心区域的观察展现了一场狂暴的恒星诞生风潮。
• This era of peace was only a prelude to the maelstrom of the Warring States Period.
  这个时代的和平只是一个序幕，相邻的战国时期。
• Most immediately, the maelstrom on Wall Street has transformed the US election campaign.
  几乎是同时，华尔街崩溃改变了美国总统大选。
• Maelstrom Weapon now affects Hex.
  漩涡武器现在作用于妖术。
• Certain that the maelstrom of words will not spirit me away.
  肯定那词语的大漩涡绑不走我。
• Out there in the South Seas there are islands, there's out where the Maelstrom is.
  除此之外还有南海以及那里的岛屿，还有大漩涡所在的地方。
• Strange as it may seem to say in the midst of the present maelstrom, standards in public life have probably risen; but so have public expectations.
  尽管在当前的风波中这样说似乎有些奇怪，但公共生活的水准很可能已经提高；当然，公众的预期同样提高了。
• Who was flying patrol with Kara Thrace the first time she dove into the strange storm in "Maelstrom"?
  在“漩涡”一集中，卡拉瑟瑞斯第一次俯冲入那个奇怪的风暴时，谁和她一起巡逻？
• In many organizations, projects are often excessively late and over budget, and the benefits of better methods and tools cannot be realized in the maelstrom of an undisciplined, chaotic project.
  在许多软件开发组织中，项目延期、超支；在无纪律性，混乱的项目旋涡中，一种更好的方法和工具没能得到实现和应用。
• The maelstrom sucked in the canoe.
  大漩涡吞没了独木舟。